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Jersey N. J., a corporation of New Application January 19, 1940, Serial No. 314,715 In Great Britain December 31, 1938 44 Claims.

This invention relates to heel-seat fitting machines and is illustrated as embodied in a machine adapted to reduce the heel-seat portion of an attached sole of a shoe and to form upon said sole, and at the u'pperbreast margins of a Louis heel to be attached to the shoe, pairs of shoulders respectively, which are approximately complemental to each other and are in registration with each other in the finished shoe.

In fitting the heel-seat portions of attached soles of shoes for the reception of heelsby the use of proposed heel-seat fitting machines, it is customary to position the heel-seat portion of a sole upon the upper face of a crease plate or a platen having a Ushaped opening, and after clamping the margin of the heel-seat portion of the sole against the crease plate to force the central part of said heel-seat portion through said opening and below a fiat lower face of the plate. 0 A knife is then moved forwardly with its cutting edge in engagement with said fiat lower face of the crease plate to remove from the sole the horseshoe-shaped piece of sole material in engagement with the upper face of the crease plate, said knife, in conjunction with one or more knives which form heel breast receiving shoulders on the sole, forming a heel seat tab at the rear end of the sole.

In order to afford adequate support for the heel, 30 it is desirable that the outline of the heel-seat tab shall be slightly smaller than the outline of the attaching face of the heel to be attached tothe shoe,and that the heel engaging face of the tab shall be approximately complemental to the attaching face of the heel, it being desirable, of course, to insure that the tab shall not be so large that it prevents the rim of the attaching face of the heel from being forced into snug engagement with the counter portion of the shoe during the heel attaching operation- The outline of a heel-seat tab formed upon an attached sole of a shoe by a machine of the general type above referred to, corresponds to the outline of the U+shaped opening of the particular crease plate in the machine and, accordingly, it is customary in the use of such a machine to substitute for the crease plate, one of a plurality of interchangeable crease plates having U-shaped openings of different sizes and shapes in accordance with the desired shape of the tab, and also to substitute for a clamp which forces the margin of the heel-seat portion of the sole against the crease plate, and for a presser member which forces the central part of said heel-seat portion through the opening, other interchangeable clamps and presser members of different sizes or shapes. Such a practice requires a large number of interchangeable parts which the operators are not likely to use because of the time consumed. Moreover, it is impracticable to have a complete set of parts for every size of shoe and, therefore, one set of interchangeable parts has to accommodate several sizes of a run of shoes.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved machine of the general type above described adapted to form upon the attached soles of shoes, heel-seat tabs of different sizes and shapes in accordance with the particular sizes and shapes of heels which are to be attached to the shoes.

With the above object in View, the illustrative machine is provided with a sole supporting platen comprising right and left pairs of front and rear crease plates shaped and arranged to form a U- shaped opening, the two rear crease plates being movable into different adjusted positions lengthwise of the opening with relation to the two front crease plates, in accordance with the lengthwise measurement of a heel in a heel gage, in order to vary the length of said opening, the associated right and left pairs of crease plates being movable toward and away from each other into difi'erent adjusted positions in accordance with the width of a heel in the heel gage, in order to vary the width of said opening. In order that the central parts of heel-seat portions of soles of shoes shall be effectively forced through U-shaped openings of different sizes and shapes formed by the crease plates, the illustrative machine, in accordance with a feature of the present invention, is provided with a b-ulger comprising a plurality of presser members, means for relatively adjusting the presser members to vary the effective shape of the bulger in accordance with adjustments of the crease plates, and therefore the shape of the U-shaped opening, and means for moving the bulger to force the central part of the heel-seat portion of the sole through said opening.

The bulger of the illustrative machine comprises right and left rows of presser members extending along the lateral margins respectively, of the U-shaped opening formed by the crease plates,- the margin of the heel-seat portion of the sole being clamped against the portions of the front and rear crease plates bordering the U-shaped opening, prior to and during the operation of the bulger, by a plurality of right and left c1ampmembers.

In order to insure that the clamp members and the presser members shall effectively co -operate portions of soles as above described to provide heel-seat tabs corresponding in size and shape to the U-shaped openings respectively, of the crease plates, irrespective of the setting of said plates, the right and left clamp members and rows of presser members are movable into different widthwise adjusted positions together with their associated right and left pairs of front and rear crease plates, the effective lengths of the right and left clamp members and rows of presser members being varied in accordance with variations in the lengthwise adjustment of the rear crease plates and, therefore, the length of the U-shaped openmg.

As disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 1,847,244 granted March 1, 1932, on an application filed in the name of Hazelton et al., it is sometimes the practice in fitting the heel-seat portion of the sole of a shoe for the reception of a Louis heel, to form upon the sole undercut heel breast receiving shoulders which extend inwardly and forwardly of the sole from the lateral margins of the same, and also to form at the lateral margins of the forwardly projecting lip of the Louis heel a pair of shoulders which are approximately complemental to and in the finished shoe register with the heel breast receiving shoulders formed on the sole.

In the illustrative machine the angles at which the heel breast receiving shoulders are disposed to the central heightwise plane of the shoe may be varied, said shoulders for a given angle of out being of the same width irrespective of the size of the shoe. In order to form at the upper lateral margins of the breasts of Louis heels of different sizes shoulders which for a given angle of out are of the same width, the illustrative machine, in accordance with another feature of the present invention, comprises mechanism for measuring a heel widthwise, knives for forming at the upper breast margins of the heel a pair of shoulders which extend inwardly from the sides of the heel and terminate at the forward edge of the forwardly projecting lip of said heel, and mechanism for initially moving the knives into different starting positions in accordance with the width of the heel.

Guides and operating mechanism for the respective heel trimming knives are mounted on carrier slides which are secured to corresponding carrier beds upon which guides and operating mechanism respectively, for the knives which form the heel breast receiving shoulders on the sole, are mounted. The carrier slides and the carrier beds are initially moved together widthwise of the heel and the shoe respectively to predetermined adjusted positions in accordance with the position of a stop operatively connected to an abutment which measures the heel in the heel gage widthwise, the arrangement being such that the relative starting positions of the heel trimming knives and the heel on the one hand and said knives which form the heel breast receiving shoulders and the sole of the shoe on the other hand are always the same.

The angles at which the heel trimming knives approach the central heightwise plane of the heel during their cutting strokes may be varied in accordance with the angles of the heel breast receiving shoulders being formed upon the sole,

' the length of the cutting strokes of both pairs of knives respectively, being constant irrespective of their angular settings or their widthwise adjusted positions.

2,215,524 I T with the crease plates in deforming the heel-seat With the above and other objects and features in view, the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which disclose a preferred embodiment thereof, and pointed out in the claims.

.Fig. 1 is a front view, partly broken away and partly in section on line I'I of Fig. 2, of the illustrative machine;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line lIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the left side of the machine the lower portion of which has been broken away;

Fig. 4 shows a heel measuring gage of the machine as viewed in the direction indicated by line IVIV of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a left sector of the machine and mechanism carried thereby;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing crease plates, clamp members and presser members of the machine together with a portion of the mechanism through which the same are moved into different adjusted positions lengthwise of the machine in accordance with the length of a heel in the heel measuring gage;

Fig. 7 is a skeleton view of mechanism for operating the sectors and for operating carrier slides through which the clamp members and the presser members are actuated;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a sole supporting platen comprising pairs of front and rear crease plates;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the left carrier slide and its associated vertical slide and clamp and presser members;

Fig. 9A is a view showing the sole engaging portion of the front clamp shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 10 is a view on line X--X of Fig. 11 showing the relative positions of the crease plates, the clamp members and the presser members when the central part of the heel-seat portion of the sole has been forced by the presser members through a U-shaped opening formed by the crease plates;

Fig. 11 is a section on line X[--XI of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 shows a bracket which is secured to the left carrier slide, as viewed in the direction indicated by line XIIXII on Fig. 6;

Fig. 13 is a detail view, partly in section on the line XIII-XIII of Fig. 6, of the left carrier slide and nested slides supported thereby, as viewed from the rear;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view, partly in section on line XIV-XIV of Fig. 13, of portions of the carrier slide and the nested slides;

Fig. 15 is a skeleton view showing connections between an abutment which measures the heel in the heel gage lengthwise and various slides through which the rear crease plates, the two rear clamp members, the four rear presser members, and a counter gage are moved into different operaccordance with the setting of said abutment;

Fig. 16 shows in perspective mechanism for measuring the heel in the heel gage widthwise and connections for setting in different adjusted positions a stop through which inward movement of the sectors is limited;

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of mechanismfor trimming the upper breast margins of the forwardly projecting lips. of Louis heels to form shoulders thereon;

Fig. 18 is a skeleton View of portions of mechanism for operating the heel trimming knives and for operating other knives which form heel breast receiving shoulders upon the sole of the shoe;

heel-seat portion of its attached sole has been reduced and heel breast receiving shoulders of a modified type have been formed thereon; and

Fig. 23 is a perspective view of the Louis heel shown in Fig. 21 after the upper breast margins of the forwardly projecting lip of the heel have been trimmedby the above machine to form shoulders which are approximately complemental to the heel breast receiving shoulders of the sole of Fig. 22.

The illustrative machine is described with reference to reducing the heel'seat portion 36 (Figs. 19, 11 and 19) of an attached sole 32 (Figs. 19, 2O and'22) of a shoe 34 to the form illustrated in Fig. 20 for the reception ofa regular Louis heel 36 (Figs. 2, 20 and 21), and also with reference to reducing the heel-seat portion of the sole of the shoe to the form illustrated in Fig. 22 and to forming shoulders 35 (Fig. 23) at the upper breast margins of the forwardly projecting lip of the heel 36 to provide a modified heel 33 (Fig. 23) to be attached to the fitted heelseat portion of the shoe shown in Fig. 22.

The illustrative machine has a platen 46 (Fig. 8) comprising front and rear crease plates 42, 44 (Figs. 2, 5, 6, 8 and 10) respectively, the thin inner edges 46, 48 (Figs. 6 and 8) of which form a U-shaped opening 56, a clamp comprising right and left clamp members 52, 54, and 56 (Figs. 2, 5 and 10) for forcing the margin of the heelseat portion 36 of the attached sole 32 of the shoe 34 positioned upon the platen 46 against portions of the platen bordering the U-shaped opening 50, a pair of knives I2 (Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6) which are movable inwardly from opposite sides of the attached sole of the shoe to form heel breast receiving shoulders I4 (Fig. 20) or IE5 (Fig. 22), a bulger comprising right and left presser or bulger members 58, 6B, 62, 64 and 66 (Figs. 2, 6, 9 and 10) for forcing the central part of the clamped heel-seat portion 36 of the sole through the U-shaped opening 56 and below approximately flat lower faces 68, 10 (Fig. 2) of the respective crease plates 42, 44, as shown in Fig. 11, and a back knife 18 (Figs. 2, 6, 10 and 11) movable forwardly with its straight cutting edge in approximate engagement with the flat lower faces 68, I0 of the crease plates 42, 44 respectively, to reduce the heel-seat portion 30 of the sole 32, and co-operating with the knives I2 to form a heel-seat tab 82 (Fig. 20) or a heelseat tab 84 (Fig. 22) the heel engaging face of which is slightly smaller than but approximately complement-a1 to the attaching face of the heel to be attached to the shoe.

In order to form upon the attached soles of shoes heel-seat tabs 82 or 84 of different sizes and shapes in accordance with different sizes and styles of heels to be attached to the shoes, it is desirable that the shape of the opening 50 (Figs. 6 and 8) shall be varied. Accordingly, associated pairs of front and rear crease plates 42, 44 respectively, may be moved into different operative positions toward and away from a central heightwise plane 86 (Figs. 1, 4 and 6) of the machine to vary the widthof the U-sh'aped opening 50 in accordance with the measured Width of the heel 36 which is to be attached to the shoe and is positioned in a heel gage 88 (Figs. 2, 4

and 16) and the two rear crease plates 44 may be moved into different adjusted positions lengthwise of the U-shaped opening 56 with relation to the front crease plates 42 to vary the length of said opening in accordance with the length of the heel 36 in the heel gage 68.

The shoe 34 is positioned widthwise and lengthwise in the machine with the heel-seat portion 34 of its attached sole 32 overlying the platen 40, by a centralizing gage 8'! (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) and a back or counter gage 69, the counter gage sing-movable forwardly and rearwardly along a guideway QI (Figs. 1, 2 and 15) of the machine frame into different operative positions together with the rear crease plates 44, through mechanism which will appear later, in accordance with the length of the heel 36 in the heel gage 88. I

In order that the right and left clamp members 52, 54 and 56 (Figs. 2, 5 and 10) shall effecshape of said opening, the clamp members and the presser members, as will appear later, are also adjustable lengthwise and widthwise of the U-shaped opening in accordance with the width and length respectively, of said opening.

Each of the front crease plates '42 is secured by screws 96 (Figs. 5, 6, 8 and 10) to a sector or carrier bed 92 upon which one of the shoulder forming knives 12, together with operating and guiding mechanism therefor, is mounted. The sectors 92 are movable toward and away from each other along dovetail guides 94 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and *7) of the machine frame and are pivoted to links 66 (Figs. 1, 2 and 7) respectively, which are pivoted at their inner ends to a rod 98 mounted for vertical movement in a guideway Iilll of the'machine frame. The lower end portion of the rod 96 is pivoted to the forward end of a lever I02 (Figs. 2 and 7), the rear portion of which is pivoted through a pin and elongated slot connection N34 to the forward end of a lever I06 pinned to the left end of a shaft I08 journaled in the machine frame. Pinned to the right end of the shaft I68 is a rearwardly extending lever H6 carrying a projecting fulcrum pin H2 embraced by the upper end of a spring I I4 the lower end of which is secured to the machine frame.

Pivoted to the central part of the link [62 is a rod H6 which is pivoted at its lower end to a treadle I I8 (Fig. 7) mounted upon a fulcrum pin I20 supported by themachine frame. The treadle rod H6 is normally urged upwardly by a spring I22, the arrangement being such that during the first part of the downward movement of the treadle H8 the link Hi2 is swung about the forward end of the lever I06 causing, through the above-described mechanism, the sectors 92 to be different adjusted positions widthwise of the machine in accordance with the width of the heel 32 in the heel gage 88 (Figs. 2, 4 and 16). Movement of the sectors 92 away from each other along the dovetail guides 94 is limited by the engagement of the treadle II8 with a screw I26 (Fig. 7) which is threaded into the main frame.

The edges 46, 48 (Figs. 6 and 8-) of the front and rear crease plates 42, 44 respectively, may be defined as lying approximately in a plane. The front crease plates 42 have at their forward lateral portions thin ledges I28 (Figs. 6 and 8) the upper surfaces I36 of which are arranged approximately in the plane of the edges 46, 48 of the front and rear crease plates. The forward edges of the surfaces I36 of the ledges I28 extend outwardly and forwardly from adjacent corners I32 of the front crease plates which define the forward end of the U-shaped opening, and the rear edges of the surfaces I36 extend outwardly and rearwardly from the adjacent corners I32.

The rear crease plates 44 are formed integral with slide blocks I34 (Figs. 2, 5, 6 and 8) having dovetail portions fitting in guideways I36 (Figs. 1, and 12) of upstanding brackets I38 (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5) which have tongues I46 (Figs. 3 and 5) fitting in grooves I42 of the respective sectors 92 and are secured to the sectors by screws I44.

The rear crease plates 44 overlap associated front crease plates 42 to varying extents depending upon the positions of the slide blocks I34 in the guideways I36. Each of the rear crease plates 44 has a thin portion I46 (Fig. 8), the upper face I48 (Figs. 8 and of which is inclined to the plane of the adjacent inner edge 48 and the forward edge I56 of which extends along an inclined face I52 of the adjacent front crease plate 42. Opposing vertical faces I54 of the rear crease plates 44 are usually spaced slightly from each other when the crease plates are in their operative positions, the width of the gap between said faces varying in accordance with the widthwise setting of the pairs of front and rear crease plates. The upper ridges I56 of the rear crease plates 44 are, therefore, higher than the edges 48 of said plates and are on the same level as the upper ridges I58 of the faces I52 of the front crease plates 42. As above stated, the edges 46, 48 of the front and rear crease plates 42', 44 respectively, are arranged approximately in a horizontal plane and form the opening 56 which may be described as having the general shape of the letter U, even though there is always a slight gap between the faces I54 of the rear crease plates 44.

The length of the U-shaped opening 56 may be varied by adjusting the rear crease plates 44 forwardly or rearwardly with relation to the front crease plates 42, the forward edges I56 of the rear crease plates during such movement sliding over the inclined surfaces I52 of corresponding front crease plates. The width of the U-shaped opening 56 may be varied by moving the sectors 92, and with them the corresponding front and rear crease plates 42, 44 respectively, carried by the sectors, equal distances; toward and away from the central heightwise plane 86 (Figs. 1, 4 and 6).

Before forcing the central part of the heelseat portion 36 of the attached sole 32 of the shoe through the U-shaped opening 56, the side margins of said heel-seat portion are clamped against the faces I52 of the front crease plates 42 by the'clainp members 52, 54, and the rear margin of the heel-seat portion of the sole is clamped against the faces I48 of the rear crease plates 44 by the clamp members 56. The clamp members 52, 54 and 56 move in response to movement of their associated presser members and, accordingly, the bulger and mechanism for operating the same will be specifically described before describing in detail the clamp members and their operation.

After the knives 12 have been operated to form the heel breast receiving shoulders 14 (Fig. 20) or I6 (Fig. 22) and the margin of the heel-seat portion 36 of the attached sole 32 of the shoe has been forced against the platen 46 by right and left clamp members 52, 54, 56 (Figs. 2, 5 and 10), the bulger which comprises right and left presser or bulger members 58, 66, 62, 64, 66 (Figs. 2, 6, 9 and 16) forces the central part of the heel-seat portion of the sole through the U-shaped opening 56 (Figs. 6 and 8), as shown in Fig. 11.

Each of the front presser members 58 is formed by the lower part of a slide I66 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9) and thepresser members 66, 62, 64, 66 are formed by the lower portions of depending slides I62, I64, I66, I68 respectively (Figs. 2, 6, 9, l3 and 14). The slides I68, I66, I64 are mounted for forward and rearward movement along T- shaped guideways I16, I12, I14 (Figs. 13 and 14) respectively, of the adjacent slides, the slide I62 being mounted for forward and rearward movement in a T-shaped guideway I76 of a carrier slide I18 (Figs. 2, 5, 6 and 7). As will appear later, each of the slides I66 is mounted for vertical movement and is also movable together with its associated sector 92 widthwise of the machine but is not movable forwardly or rearwardly of the machine. The slides I62, I64, I66, I68 are interconnected for proportionate adjustment lengthwise of the U-shaped opening 56 (Figs. 6 and 8) by a lever I86 (Figs. 2, 6, 13 and 14) pivoted on a fulcrum pin I 82 journaled in the carrier slide I18, the lever having a slot I84 in which are received pins I86 (Figs. 2 and 14) fixed to the respective slides, the arrangement being such that when the right and left presser members 66 are in their forwardmost adjusted positions in contact with associated front presser members 58, the presser members 62, 64, 66 at opposite sidesof the machine are in contact with the next forward presser member so that fiat horizontally disposed sole engaging surfaces of the right and left presser members form continuous fiat surfaces which extend lengthwise of the U-shaped opening 56 and are offset inwardly from the margins respectively, of said opening.

As will appear later, the rear crease plates 44 are in their forwardmost positions with reference to the front crease plates 42 when the sole engaging faces of the right and the left presser members form continuous sole engaging surfaces respectively, the outside edges of each of said surfaces being similar to but slightly smaller than an adjacent margin of the U-shaped opening defined by the edges 46, 48 of the crease plates.

The slides I 68 are provided with rearward extensions having vertical flanges I88 (Figs. 2, 6, 9 and 12) slidingly fitting in vertical channels I96 (Figs. 6 and 12) of slides I92 .which move along the guideways I36 (Figs. 1, 5 and 12) and, as will appear presently, are adjustably secured to associated blocks I 34. It will thus be noted that the slides I68 are movable vertically With relation to the slides I92 but partake of the forward and rearward movement s a guideway 219 (Fig.

of the .slides I92 in order initially to locate the presser members 60,62, 64 and 66 in different lengthwise operative positions in accordance with the lengthwise positions of the rear crease plates 44. When each of the slides I68 is moved rearwardly one-quarter of an inch, for example, by the slide I52, the presser members 60, 62, 64 and 66 aremoved rearwardly one thirtyseccnd, onesixteenth, one-eighth and one-quarter of an inch respectively, the effective length of the bulger being increased by approximately one-quarter of an inch.

The bulger may, therefore, be described as comprising -two rows of presser members 58, 60, 62, 64 and 66 having flat sole enegaging faces normally arranged above the opening and offset inwardly from the lateral margins of the opening, the outer peripheries of said sole engaging faces having the general shape of the letter U. It will be appreciated that when the slides I68 are moved rearwardly the presser members 60, 62, 64 and 66 of each row are adjusted rearwardly of the U-shaped opening, the effective length of the rows varying in accordance with variations in the length of said opening.

The vertical slides I60 are movable along guideways I94 (Figs. and 6) of the carrier slides I18 respectively-which havedovetail ribs I96 fitting in dovetail guideways I98 of the associated brackets I38 (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5). Each of the carrier slides I18 is normally held in its raised inoperative position by a spring 200, the upper end of which embraces a pin 202 secured to the r associated bracket I38 and the lower end of I which is secured to a pin 204 which is threaded into the carrier slide and passes through an elongated vertical slot 206 formed in the bracket. Each of the vertical slides I60 has a slot 208 (Figs. 2, 3 and 5) in which registers a pin 2I0 1 secured ,to and extending in opposite directions from a power-operated lever 2I2 pinned to a fulcrum pin 2I4 (Fig. 2) which is supported by the machine frame and has secured to it an arm 2I3 connected by a link 2I6 to a bell-crank lever 2I8 (Figs. 1 and 2) pivoted upon a fulcrum pin 220 carried by the machine frame. The upper arm of the bell-crank lever 2l8 carries a block 222 (Fig. 2) fitting in a vertical groove 2I5 of a slide 2I1 movable forwardly and rearwardly along 1) of the machine frame. Carried by the slide 2I1 is a cam roll 22I fitting in a groove .(not shown) of a barrel cam 224 mounted upon a main drive shaft 226 which is actuated by a one-revolution clutch (not shown) tripped by depressing a hand lever 228.

When the machine is at rest the vertical slides I60 are held in their raised inoperative positions by the lever 2I2-, upward movement of the carrier slides I18 under the action of the springs 200 being limited by any suitable means such, for example, as the engagement of the pins 204, which are threaded into the carrier slides I18, with the upper ends of the slots 256. rier slides I are in their raised inoperative positions, their upper ends are arranged adjacent to lateral projections 223 of a treadle operated lever 225 through which said slides are depressed, as will appearpresently.

As above stated, before the central part of the heel-seat portion 30 of the attached sole 32 positioned upon the platen 40 (Fig. 8) is forced through the U-shaped opening 50 (Figs. 6 and 8), as shown in Fig. 11, the margin of said heel seat portion is forced with considerable pressure against the faces I52 of the front crease plates When the car- 42 and the faces I48 of the rear crease plates 44. The clamp for forcing the margin of the heelseat portion 30 of the sole 32 against the platen 40 comprises the right and left pairs offront, intermediate and rear clamp members 52, 54, 56 (Figs. 2, 5 and 10) respectively, which will now be described in detail. 7

Each of the front clamp members 52 has a cylindrical stern 234 (Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6) fitting in a vertical bore 236 (Fig. 6) of a corresponding vertical slide I60 and is constantly urged downward by a spring 238, downward movement of the clamp member being limited by a screw 240 which is threaded'into the vertical-slide andis engaged by a shoulder 242 of the cylindrical stem 234. The bottom or sole engaging surface of each of the front clamp members 52 comprises faces 244, 246, 248 (Fig. 9A) which are complemental to and overlie portions of the surfaces I30, I52 and 258 (Fig. 6) respectively, of an associated front crease plate 42. It will be noted that when the machine is at rest the front clamp members 52 extend slightly below the adjacent front presser members 58.

The intermediate clamp members 54 (Figs. 1, 5, 9 and 10) are carried by the right and left slides I64 respectively, the serrated sole engaging face 252 of each of the clamp members be-' ing inclined at the same angle. as the central part of the face I52 of the associated front crease plate 42 over which it is positioned. Each of the intermediate clamp members 54:-has a cylindrical stem 254 (Fig. 9) fitting in a bore 256 of a cylindrical extension 258 of the slide I64, and located in said bore is a spring 260 which constantly urges the clamp member 54 downward until a shoulder (not shown) of the stem 2,54 engages a] stop screw 262 threadedinto the extension 258, the arrangement being such that the inner lower portion of the clamp member 54 projects slightly below the sole engaging faces of adjacent presser members 60, 62, 64 when the machine is at rest.

The rear clamp members 56 are mounted upon fulcrum pins 2 64 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) threaded into the slides I82 which, as above stated, fit in the dovetail guideways I36 behind the associated slide blocks I34 which carry the respective rear crease plates 44, The slide I92 and the slide block I34 at each side of the machine are secured together by a screw 266 (Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6) which fits in a channel 268 (Fig. 6) in the outer side of the slide block and has shoulders in engagement with the front and rear ends respectively, of the block, the rear end portion of the screw 266 being threaded into the associated slide I02. The screw 266 is held in its adjusted position by a spring 216 interposed between the head of the screw and the slide block I34. It will thus be clear that the forward and rearward operative positions of the rear clamp members 56 may be initially varied with relation to their associated gaging face of the rear clamp member 56 is norsole engaging member 66, as

mally arranged slightly below the face of an associated rear presser best shown in Fig. 2.

The shoe centralizing gage 81 is slidable forwardly and rearwardly along a guideway 282 (Figs. 1 and 2) of the counter gage 89 and is normally held in its inoperative position in advance of the counter gage by a spring 284 (Fig. 2), forward movement of the centralizing gage with relation to the counter gage being limited by theengagement of a shoulder of the centralizing gage with a screw 286 carried by the counter gage. It will be noted at this point that the counter gage 89 is operatively connected, by mechanism which will be described later, to an abutment 281 (Figs. 2, 4, 15 and 16) which measures the heel 36 in the gage 88 lengthwise, the counter gage being moved forwardly and rearwardly along the guideway 9I (Figs. 1, 2 and 15) into diiferent adjusted positions to the same extent that the blocks I34 are moved along their respective guideways I36.

After forcing the rear counter portion of the shoe 34 against the centralizing gage 81 and then against the counter gage 89 to position the heelseat portion 38 of the attached sole 32 of the shoe 34 upon the crease plates 42, 44 with its heel breast line 288 (Figs. 19 and 20) in alinement with the corners I32 (Figs. 6 and 8) of the front crease plates 42, the operator depresses the treadle II8 (Fig. 7) causing the sectors 92 to be moved inwardly until a screw 298 (Figs. 1, 4 and 16) threaded into the bracket I38 secured to the right sector 92 engages the above-mentioned stop I24 which, as will appear later, is set in different adjusted positions widthwise of the machine in accordance with the width of the heel 36 in the heel gage 88. The sectors 92, which are movable equal distances in opposite directions along the dovetail guides 94, are thus located in different operative positions widthwise of the machine in accordance with the width of the measured heel 86 in the gage 88, and accordingly, the width of the opening 58 formed by the front and rear crease plates 42, 44, as well as the eifective width of the bulger and clamp, is varied in accordance with the width of the measured heel.

During the latter part of the depression of the treadle I I8 (Fig. '7) the lever I82 is rotated about its pivotal connection with the lower end of the sector operating rod 98 (Figs. 1, 2 and 7) causing a link 296 (Figs. 2 and 7) which is connected to the lever H8 by the fulcrum pin I I2, to be raised. The upper end of the link 296 is pivoted to the rear end of a lever 298 which is pinned to one end of a shank 388 mounted for rotation in the main frame. To the other end of the shaft 388 is pinned the lever 225, the lateral projections 223 of which overlie the upper ends of the carrier slides I18. It will, therefore, be clear that, after the inward movement of the sectors 92 has been limited by the stop I24, further de pression of the treadle H8 causes the projections 223 of the lever 225 to force the carrier slides I18 downward, thereby causing the right and left clamp members 54, 56 to force the margin of the heel-seat portion 30 of the attached sole of the shoe positioned in the machine against the crease plates 42, 44 and also causing the bulger members 68, 62, 64 and 66 to be moved downwardly intoengagement with the heel-seat portion of the sole.

As will be described later, means for guiding and operating the shoulder forming knives 12 are mounted upon the respective sectors 92, the construction and arrangement of said means being such that, irrespective of the widthwise setting 0f the sectors, the knives 12 .move inwardly during their shoulder forming strokes until the lower corners 386 (Figs. 1, 5 and 6) of their cutting edges 388 arrive approximately at the forward corners I32 of the front crease plates 42.

In order to insure that the shoulder forming knives 12 during their operation shall not engage the front clamp members 52 or the front presser members 58;, the heel breast receiving shoulders 14 (Fig. 20) or 16 (Fig. 22) are formed after the slide carriers I18 have been depressed by the lever 225 but before the vertical slides I68 have been lowered by the power-operated lever 2I2. After the heel breast receiving shoulders 14 or 16 have been formed, the forward end of the power-operated lever 2I2 is lowered causing the front clamp members 52 to force the forward lateral margins of the heel-seat portion 30 of the sole 32 against the front crease plates 42 and then causing the front bulger members 58 to be brought down into engagement with the sole. When the flat sole engaging faces of the front presser members 58 have been moved downwardly into alinement with the flat sole engaging faces of the presser members 68, 62, 64, 66, a face 389 (Fig. 2) of the vertical slide I68 is in engagement with a face 3 of the carrier slide I18, continued downward movement of the forward end of the lever 2i 2 causing all the presser members operating as a unit to force the central part of the heel-seat portion 38 of the sole 32 through the U-shaped opening 58 and below the approximately fiat lower faces 68, 18 of the crease plates. The presser members come to rest when the sole engaging faces of the same are arranged approximately in alinement with the lower face of the platen.

After the margin of the heel-seat portion 38 of the attached sole 32 of the shoe 34 has been clamped against the crease plates 42, 44, and the central part of said heel-seat portion has been bulged through the U-shaped opening 58, as above described, the heel-seat reducing or back knife 18 is moved forwardly with its cutting edge 88 in engagement with the approximately flat lower faces of the crease plates to reduce the heel-seat portion of the sole forwardly to the previously formed heel breast receiving shoulders 14 (Fig. 20) or 16 (Fig. 22), thereby forming the heelseat tab 82 (Fig. 20) or 84 (Fig. 22).

The back knife 18 has transversely extending lugs 3I8 (Figs. 1, 2 and 11) fitting in channels formed in lateral upstanding flanges of a knife carrier 3I2 which is mounted for movement along a forwardly and rearwardly extending guideway 3I4 of the machine frame. The knife 18 may be secured in different adjusted positions to the knife carrier 3i 2 by a screw 3I6 (Figs. 2 and 6) which has a collar 3I5 fitting in a recess 3 (Fig. 6) of the knife carrier and which is threaded into a block 3 I8 (Fig. 2) mounted upon a fulcrum pin 328 secured to the knife carrier. The block 3I8 is held in its operative position shown in Fig. 2 by a latch 322 which is pivoted at its lower end to the knife carrier 3I2 and has a lip 324 normally held in overlying relation with the block by a spring 326. When it is desired to remove the knife 18 from the knife carrier 3I2, the latch 322 is swung forwardly against the action of the spring 326, and the block 3I8 is swung in a clockwise direction about the fulcrum pin 328 causing the collar 3I5 of the screw 3I6 to be withdrawn from the recess 3I1. It will thus be appreciated that the knife 18 may be readily removed from the machine for the purpose of sharpening the same or substituting therefor a differently shaped knife, in accordance with the type of work being operated upon in the machine.

The bottom of the knife carrier 3I2 has a rack 328 meshing with a pinion 339 rotatably mounted upon a pin 332 secured to a slide 334 (Figs. 1 and 2) carrying a cam roll 336 which fits in a groove (not shown) of the barrel cam 224. The pinion 339 meshes with a rack 338 fixed to the machine frame, the arrangement being such that the pinion 339 is driven to and fro through a fixed stroke when the cam 224 is rotated, the knife 18 being driven through twice the stroke of the pinion. The stroke and the initial setting of the knife 18 in the knife carrier 3l2 is such that the knife moves forwardly until its cutting edge 89 advances slightly ahead of the forward corners I32 (Figs. 6 and 8) of the crease plates, thereby insuring that the heel-seat reducing cut shall intersect cuts previously made by the shoulder forming knives 12. The knife 18 is then moved rearwardly to its retracted starting position shown in Fig. 2.

The mechanism for operating the shoulder forming knives '42 will now be described. Mounted upon each of the sectors 92 is a dovetail guide 349 (Figs. 1, 3 and having a depending arcuate lip 342 (Figs. 5 and 6) fitting in an arcuate channel 344 formed in the upper face of the sector 92. Fitting in a T-shaped groove 345 (Fig. 5) of each of the guides 340 is a T-shaped block 348 pivoted to a link 359 the inner end of which is pivoted to a binding block 352 (Fig. 6) fitting in an arcuate channel 354 (Figs. 1, 5 and 6) formed in the upper face of the sector 92. A screw 356 is threaded into each of the blocks 348, the inner end of the screw normally engaging an undercut arcuate face 358 of the sector 92. The arcuate channels 344, 354 and the arcuate face 358 of each sector 92 are centered about an axis 369 (Figs. 5 and 6) which is disposed at right angles to a horizontal plane extending along the lower faces 63, E9 of the crease plates 42, 44 and passing approximately through the corner 132 of an associated front crease plate 42, the arrangement being such that the dovetail guide 349 may be adjusted upon the sectors 92 about the axes 390 respectively, in accordance with the desired angular paths of movement of the knives 12 toward and away from the central heightwise plane 83 of the machine.

The guides 349 may be secured in different angular positions upon their respective sectors 92 by forcing the inner ends of the screws 356 (Figs. 1, 3 and 5) against the arcuate faces 358 of the sectors 92, thereby moving the blocks 348 outwardly and pulling the binding blocks 352 against undercut faces 362 respectively, of the arcuate channels 354, the screws 353 and the binding blocks 352 together serving to secure the dovetail guides 349 against movement with relation to the sectors.

Formed at the under sides of knife carrier slides 334. are dovetail channels for receiving the respective dovetail guides 349, and secured by screws 336 to the inner ends of the carrier slides are knife holders 383 (Figs. 1 and 5) having ribs fitting in arcuate channels 319 of the carrier slides. Each of the arcuate channels 319 is centered about a horizontal axis 312 (Figs. 5 and 6) which extends lengthwise of the corresponding dovetail guide 349 and passes through the lower corner 333 of the cutting edge 398 of the associated shoulder forming knife 12 and also approximately through the corner I32 of the associated front crease plate 42. Each of the knives 12 is secured to its associated holder 398 by a clamp lever 314 pivoted on a fulcrum pin 316 secured to the holder and having threaded into it a screw 379 through which the knife may be quickly secured to and removed from the holder. After releasing the screws 366 which are threaded into the associated knife holders 369 and pass-through arcuate slots 380 in the carrier slides 394, the knives 12 may be initially set in different angular positions about the respective axes 312' in accordance with the desired angle at which the heel breast receiving shoulders 14 (Fig. 20) or 16 (Fig. 22) are to be disposed to the bottom of the sole of the shoe.

Each of the knife carrier slides 334 has in its outer upper surface a dovetail guideway 332 in which freely slides a block 384 (Figs. 1, 3 and 5) carrying a fulcrum pin 389 to which is connected" the outer end of a link 398. The inner end of the link 388 is pivoted to the forward arm of a bell-crank lever 399 which is pivoted on an upstanding fulcrum pin 392 secured to a lug 394 which may be initially secured in different adjusted positions to its corresponding sector 92. The rear arm of each of the bell-crank levers 399 is connected for universal movement to the forward end of a link 399 (Figs. 1, 5 and 18).

Secured to each of the links 333 at opposite sides of the machine is a depending stud 399 (Figs. 1 and 5) to which is pivoted an outer end portion of a short link 49!), the inner portion of the short link being pivoted to afulcrum pin 492 (Fig. l) threaded into the associated carrier slide 364.

Each of the lugs 394 (Figs. 3 and 5) has a groove 494 (Fig. 5) for receiving a rear end portion of the corresponding sector 92 and an elongated slot 499 for receiving a binding screw 499 (Figs. 3 and 5) threaded into the sector. In order to facilitate the initial positioning of each of the lugs 394 upon its associated'sec-tor 92 there is provided a screw 4 l 9 which is threaded into the lug 394 and has a collar 4l2 (Fig. 5) fitting in a channel M4 of the sector. After the lug 394 has been accurately adjusted upon the sector 92 by the use of the screw am, the binding screw 493 is tightened to secure said lug in its adjusted position to the sector.

The links 396 which operate the bell-crank levers 399 are connected for universal movement to the upper ends of compound levers 4 i ii (Figs. 1, 2 and 18) mounted onfulcrum pins 4 l8 supported by the machine frame. The lower ends of the levers 4H5 are pivoted to slides 420 which are mounted for forward and rearward movement along guideways 422 respectively, of the machine frame. The slides 429 carry cam rolls 424 respectively fitting in a common groove (not shown) of the barrel cam 224. It will be noted that by operatively connecting the links 396 to different slides 429 having cam rolls 424 fitting in the common cam groove, one of the shoulder forming knives i2 is moved inwardly before the other, thereby insuring that the knives shall not engage each other at the inner ends of their cutting strokes.

During the operation of the machine the links 399 are pulled rearwardly and are then returned to their initial positions, the knives 12 moving one before the other toward the central heightwise plane 89 of the machine until the lower corners 399 of their cutting edges 308 have been moved inwardly to points just above the corners I32 (Figs. 6 and 8) respectively, of the front crease plates 42, and then back to their starting positions, the construction and arrangement of the mechanism for guiding and operating the knives being such that the lengths of the cutting strokes of the knives 12 are substantially constant irrespective of the widthwise positions of the sectors 92 or the angles at which the dovetail guides 348 are adjusted upon the sectors.

Since the operative positions of the sectors 92 along the dovetail guides 94 (Figs. 1, 2, and 7) may be varied in accordance with the width of 1 the measured heel 38 in the gage 88, and each sector carries one of the front and one of the rear crease plates 42, 44 respectively, the width of the U-shaped opening 58 also is varied in accordance with the width of the heel, the associated right and left clamp members 52, 54, 56

and the presser members 58, 69, 62, 84, 66 moving together with the sectors and being maintained in the same operative positions with relation to the crease plates irrespective of the widthwise positions of the sectors. Moreover, since the shoulder forming knives 12 and the mechanism for operating the same are carried by the sectors 92, the arrangement is such that irrespective of the widthwise operative positions of the sectors, the shoulder forming knives always move inwardly until the lower corners 366 of their cutting edges 388 are located just above the corners I32 of the respective front crease plates 42.

It will be noted that throughout the operation of the machine the corners I32 of the front crease plates 42 lie in a straight line 426 (Fig. 6) extending transversely of the machine,the counter gage 89 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) always being so positioned that the heel breast line 288 (Figs. 19 and of the attached sole of the shoe being operated upon in the case of regular Louis work, for example, extends along the line 426.

In order that the shoe 3 4 shall be accurately positioned lengthwise in the machine, the counter gage 89 (Figs. 1 and 2) is initially positioned along its guideway 9! in accordance with the position of the abutment 28'! of the heel gage 88. Moreover, as above stated, in order to vary the length of the heel-seat tab 82 (Fig. 20) or 84 (Fig. 22) in accordance with the length of the heel in the heel gage 88, the length of the U- shaped opening 59 (Figs. 6 and 8) is varied by sliding the rear crease plates 44 over their associated front crease plates 42, the operative positions of the clamp members 54, 58 and the presser members 66, 82, 64, 66 also being varied lengthwise of the opening in accordance with variations in the operative positions of said abutment 281 of the heel gage 88.

The heel gage 88 comprises a platform 428 (Figs. 2, 4 and 16) which is secured to the machine frame and has a fiat upper surface. The heel 36 is placed attaching face down and breast forward upon the platform 428, the rim 430 of the attaching face of the heel, which rim lies in a plane, being in engagement with the fiat upper surface of the platform. The heel gage 88 is quite similar to a heel gage disclosed in an application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 218,655, filed July 11, 1938, in my name, and comprises a stationary breast gage 432 (Figs. 2 and 4) which may be initially adjusted forwardly and rearwardly in a guideway 434 (Fig. 4) formed in the platform 428 by turning a screw 436 which is journaled in an upwardly extending lip of the platform and is threaded into the breast gage.

In order quickly and effectively to centralize the heel 36 in the heel gage 88 there is provided a slide 438 which is constantly urged forwardly along a guideway 448 (Fig. 4) by a spring 442, forward movement of the centralizing slide being limited by the engagement of a screw 444 carried by the slide with a shoulder 445 (Fig. 2) of the abutment 287 (Figs. 2, 4, 15 and 16). Slidable in a guideway 446 (Figs. 4 and 16) in the centralizing slide 438 is the abutment 281 which, as above stated, measures the heel lengthwise and has at its lower face a rack 448 (Figs.

' 2, 15 and 16) meshing with a pinion 458 which is carried by a block 452 slidable forwardly and rearwardly in a guideway 454 (Figs. 2 and 4) of the machine frame. The pinion 458 also meshes I with a rack 456 formed at the upper side of an actuator slide 458 movable forwardly and rear:

wardly in a guideway 480 and having pivoted to its forward end a pair of links 462 (Figs. 2, 4 and 16) connected through fulcrum pins 464 (Fig. 16) to upper abutments or arms 465 of levers 486 which are pivoted upon fulcrum pins 410 secured to the machine frame. The arrangement of the mechanism just described is such that when the actuator slide 458 is moved rearwardly along its guideway 489 the inner ends of the upper arms 465 of the levers 466 are swung apart to enable the operator to place the heel upon the platform 428, and when the actuator slide 458 is moved forwardly the arms 465 are swung toward each other into engagemnt with the opposite sides of the heel positioned in the heel gage 88 to measure the heel widthwise. The abutment 281 has in its upper surface a recess 4'14 (Fig. 4) in which fits a collar 416 (Figs 2 and 4) of a screw 418 threaded into an upstanding post 488 (Figs. 2, 4 and 15) secured to the rear end of a slide 482 movable forwardly and rearwardly in a guideway 484 of the machine frame.-

A lower arm 486 (Fig. 16) of the right lever 468 is pivoted through a pin and elongated slot connection 481 to the inner end of a slide bar 488 (Figs. 4 and 16) which is movable widthwise of the machine in a guideway 489 and has a slot 496 in which fits a pin 491 secured to the main frame. The slide bar 488, as will appear later, carries the stop I24 (Figs. 1, 4 and 16) for limiting inward movement of the sectors 92.

The pinion carrier block 452 (Figs. 2, 4, 15 and 16) has a slot 492 (Figs. 4, 15 and 16) in which fits a pin 493 secured to and projecting from the upper end of an offset bell-crank lever 494 (Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 15) which is pivoted in the main frame about an axis 495. Pivoted to the lower arm of the offset bell-crank lever 494 is a link 496 the central portion of which is pivoted to the upper end of a rod 491. The lower end of the rod 491 is pivoted to a treadle 498 (Fig. 5), the extreme upward movement of which under the action of a strong spring 589 may, if desirable, be limited by a stop 499. A comparatively weak tension spring 501 has its upper end connected to the rear end of the link 496 and. its lower end connected to the machine frame, the arrangement being such that when the machine is at rest (there being no heel in the machine), the bellcrank lever 494 is held in its extreme counterclockwise position, as viewed in Figs. 2 and 15 (clockwise, as viewed in Fig. '3) through. the provision of the spring 50I,

which, as will appear 15 wardly and later, enables the treadle rod 491 operating through the link 496 to swing the bell-crank lever 484 in a counterclockwise direction during the first part of the upward movement of the treadle from a depressed position.

Inward movement of the upper arms 465 (Fig. 16) of the lever 466 (there being no heel in the machine) is limited by the engagement of the outer end of the slot 496 formed in the slide bar 468 with the pin 49i, and forward movement of the abutment 28'! is limited by the engagement of the rear ends of recesses 562 (Figs. 4 and 5) formed at the opposite sides of the slide 482 with hub portions of the levers 466.

Pivoted on the link 496 between the spring 56! and the treadle rod 491 is a link 563 which, as will appear later, operates mechanism for locating the rear crease plates 44, the clamp members 54, 55, the presser members 66, 62, 64, 66 and the counter gage 89 in different operative positions lengthwise of the machine in accordance with the position of the abutment 261. During the first part of the depression of the treadle 468, the offset bell-crank lever 494 remains stationary, the link 496 turning in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 2 and 15, about its pivotal connection with the lower arm of the bellcrank lever. The link 563. then comes to a stop, as will appear later, further depression of the treadle 498 causing the bell-crank lever 494 to pivot in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 2 and 15, about the axis 485, thereby causing, through the above-described mechanism, the upper arms 465 of the levers 468 to be moved outthe abutment 281 to be moved rearwardly so as to enable the operator to place upon the platform 4.28 a heel which is to be attached to the shoe about to be operated on by the machine. When the heel has been positioned in the machine, the oifset bell-crank lever 494 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 2 and 15, causing the pinion 456 carried by the block 452 to move the abutment 28? and the actuator slide 458 forwardly together until said abutment engages the rear end of the heel. The abutment 28'! then comes to rest but the block 452 continues to travel forwardly, therby moving the actuator slide 458 forwardly until the upper arms 485 of the lever 466 engage the sides of the heel.

As above stated, in order to limit inward movement of the sectors 92 in accordance with the width of the measured heel 36 in the heel gage 88, there is provided the stop I24 (Figs. 1, 4 and 16) which is engaged by the adjustable screw 296 and is operatively connected to the right lever 466 (Figs. 4 and 15) by mechanism which will now be described.

The slide bar 488 through which inward movement of the arms 4650f the levers 466 is limited, has pivoted to it by a fulcrum pin 564 the stop [24, opposite walls of a channel 566 of which are in engagement with the front and rear faces of a locking bar 561 pivoted upon the pin 49!.

When the actuator slide 458 is moved forwardly causing the arms 465 of the levers 466 to be moved equal distances toward and into engagement with the opposite sides respectively of the heel 36 in the heel gage 88, the slide bar 488 moves inwardly along its guideway 489, the walls of the channel 566 sliding along the front and rear faces respectively, of the locking bar 561. It will, therefore, be appreciated that when inward pressure is exerted against the stop I24 by the screw 296, said stop is cramped against the locking bar 561,

thereby preventing further inward movement of the sectors 92.

As disclosed in said Letters Patent No. 1,847,244, it is sometimes desirable in the manufacture of shoes having Louis heels to form upon the sole of the shoe the undercut heel breast receiving shoulders 16 (Fig. 22) which extend inwardly and forwardly from the lateral edges of the sole and in the finished shoe are engaged by the shoulders 35 (Fig. 23) of the modified Louis heel 38.

In order to form the shoulders 35 upon Louis heels, the illustrative machine is provided with a pair of knives 5L8 (shown in dash lines in Figs. 4 and 17 which are movable inwardly from the opposite sides of the heel 36 in the heel gage 88 and are operated through mechanism which will now be described. The right andleft knives 5l8 and the mechanism for operating and guiding the same are reversed but practically identical. Formed in the machine frame are guideways (Figs. 2 and 17) disposed at right angles to the central heightwise plane 86 of the machine and fitting in said guideways are tongues of associated carrier plates 522 (Figs. 4 and 1'7) ,each having an upstanding arcuate dovetail rib 524 shaped to fit in an arcuate dovetail groove at the under side of 'a guide or guide block 526. The guide blocks 526 may be angularly adjusted upon their associated carrier plates 522 about axes 528 which are disposed at right angles to the plane of the rim 436 of the attaching face'of the heel 36 positioned in the heel gage 88 and extend approximately along the forward end of the forwardly projecting-lip of the breast'of the heel in the vicinity ofthe inner ends respectively, of the shoulders which shoulders, as will appear later, for a given style of heel and angle of out are of uniform width irrespective of the width of the heel. It will be noted that the axes 528 which are disposed at right angles to the plane of the rim 436 of the attaching face of the heel may, if desirable, pass through the inner ends respectively, of the shoulders 35 or may pass through the inner limits of movement of the lower corners of cutting edges 529 of the knives 5l8.- Each of the guide blocks 526 is secured in its angularly adjusted position to its associated carrier plate 522 by a screw 536 which pending lug of the guide block and normally has its end in forced engagement with an undercut arcuate face 532 of the carrier plate.

is threaded through a de' Formed in. each of the guideblocks 526 is a straight dovetail guideway 534 in which fits a slide 536. Passing through alined slots 538, 546 in the slides 536 and the guide blocks 526 respectively, is a threaded projection 54! forming part of an arcuate guideway piece 544 which is secured to the slide 536 by a sleeve and nut connection 542. The arcuate guideway piece 544 is positioned-in a recess 546 at the under side of the guide block 526 and has an arcuate groove 548 which is centered about the corresponding axis 528 (which, as will appear later, is fixed with reference to the guide block) when the associated The slide 536 has a bore 556 for receiving two semi-cylindrical members 55l into one of which is threaded a screw 552 extending through a slot 553, the knife being clamped between one of the members and the screw. Each of the knives 5l8 knife 5 l 8 is at the inner limit of its cutting stroke.

may be initially adjusted lengthwise of i the borev 556 and also about the axis of the bore.

Each of the slides 536 is actuated through a roll 554 fitting in the associated groove 548 and car- 

